• Baguette@lemm.ee
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    2 days ago

    The pole is to prevent people from taking carts and similar objects up and potentially causing an accident

    Though it does have unintended consequences

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        2 days ago

        Not necessarily carts like the ones you see in shopping malls, but it’s also for things that would not be safe on the escalators like:

        • Baby carts (forgot the proper name for them)
        • Large carrier bags
        • Those cart-like bags elderly people usually carry around that doubles as a walking assistant

        Accidentally letting them go would be dangerous.

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          1 day ago

          Stroller is the word you were looking for for baby cart. I hate when I can’t think of a word, it pisses me off until I look it up or somehow remember and I can’t focus on anything else.